>Slap her hands away, and attempt to escape

Nope, fuck this. No way are we getting involved in Illuminati-type bullshit a second time

>>35459645
nod

>>35459645
>"Yes"

>>35459645
>>Slap her hands away, and attempt to escape

>>35459645
>"Yes"

>>35459645
>"Yes."

>>35459645
>>Nod

Play it cool. They've got the guns, we don't.

Is XCOM still in the area, or have they already hopped aboard the Skyranger?

>>35459907
XCOM's cleaning up the remains and scouting the area for any remaining aliens.

>>35459867
>>35459856
>>35459827
>>35459907
>>35459822
Positive response wins out.
I should have probably clarified the difference between nodding and simply saying yes, guess I've learned a lesson today.

>>35459752 >>35459855
A second time?
Regardless, your choice in faction will not be permanent, you will always have the chance to change allegiance.

>>35459645
>"Yes"

>>35460088
Sorta saw this and jumped in blind. Assumed protag was already part of XCOM

>>35460231
Oh, err. That's another mistake to chalk up I guess then.
I'll include a briefing of the character with the second post in every thread, or a pastebin, next time.

>>35460288
Just post a link to the archive with the OP
Should clear shit up well enough.

>>35460117 >>35459867 >>35459856 >>35459827 >>35459907 >>35459822 >>35459752 >>35459855
You take a deep breath, the cold winter air filling your lungs, closing your eyes as to attempt to calm yourself. You draw yourself in, and in, and in, reeling it all back inside of yourself, like reeling in a net or a fishing line. The cold air left your dry red lips. Opening your eyes, you look back to your.....savior? Assailant? You were unsure at this point, if she wanted to kill you, or disable you, she could have done it easily.

Her smile widens, those red lips open for a moment, as if to say something. However, it quickly turns to a scowl, her gloved hands pressing you into the wall, her body following. With your back against the cold wall, and your front warmed by hers. Her heart beat was accelerating, you could feel it through her dress shirt, as her chest pressed into your shoulders. Confusion flooded your system for a moment, until you heard the sounds of combat boots crackling through glass on the other side of the wall.

Craning your head upwards, you look for a moment at her anxious face. Noticing your eyes, her smile returned. Moving her gloved hand up to her lips, you could hear a very quiet, but very distinct "Shhhh" come from her lips.

The sound of boots slowly faded into the distance, but even so, you could feel the strange woman's body tense underneath her clothing, ready to spring at any minute. After a few minutes more, one of her companions rummages inside one of his pockets, drawing out a small orb. Taking a small breath in, he slides down the wall, rolling it into the building.

After a few seconds, the two men accompanying the woman pressing against you detach from the wall. With a sigh of relief, which you could feel resonate in her entire body, her hands pushed her off of the wall. Looking at you, she began to speak in hushed tones.

"You have a lot of people looking for you, some of them, wouldn't be human, as you may have seen."

1/2

>>35460820
You first had thought through her voice she was fully British, but after more careful analysis you could detect a hint of Russian as well "My....Employer, can guarantee your safety. The people who took down those aliens are, from our information, eager to find something, or someone to fight the Aliens. An.....asset, such as yourself, would be too highly prized in their arsenal for them not to use you, our benefactor can also make sure you will not be put in any danger you do not agree to."

Her white teeth bit into her red lip, the contrast making it all the more notable, her blue eyes scouring the current surroundings "It's not safe to speak in length here, could you accompany us back to our temporary base of operations?"

>Agree to go with them
>Decline
>Don't speak, make a break for it
>Scream
>Write in

>>35460994
>>Don't speak, make a break for it

>>35460994
>Don't speak, make a break for it

>>35460994
>Decline / Don't speak, make a break for it

Hint of Russian, calls you an assent, pronounces employer with a capital E.

You don't need to be a psionic to have alarm bells ringing here. Even if you ignore the guns!

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>>35460994
>Don't speak, make a break for it

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>>35460994
>Agree to go with them.

>>35460994
just nod

if we make a break it needs to be at a more opportune moment, we have zero chance to escape at this moment. and the attempt will harm us.

also, why are people freaking out about her like that?

>>35461193
she has a british and russian accent that means evil

>>35461233
our character is half british half russian

>>35460994
>Agree to go with them
>Not going with the people who saved you.

Yea no. Safety is key

>>35461233
This. British can be good by itself, as can Russian. But both together is 150% evil.

>>35460994
>Agree to go with them

>>35461262
they attacked us

>>35460994
>>Agree to go with them

>>35460994
How long are voting periods?

Also
>Don't speak, make a break for it

>>35461262
>>35461287
yea. we tried to talk to them and they immediately used tranquilizers to take out all our minions.

of course, saying no is still retarded. even if we plan on escaping.

>>35459645
Why are these motherfuckers in Gryffindor outfits?

Hey guys, why don't you re-read the part where she's physically stronger than us, carrying tranquilliser darts, and has two armed thugs who are stronger than us too?

>>35461272
We are part Russian, our mom is Balalika.
>>35461287
They also saved our ass. And they only killed our minions.

>>35460994
>Agree to go with them

>>35461342
they never saved us they attacked us when we went to meet up with x-com

>>35460994
>Don't speak, make a break for it

Nah mate, nah

>>35461321
>we tried to talk to them and they immediately used tranquilizers to take out all our minions.
You attempted to go and talk to the XCOM members, they ambushed your minions but left you completely unharmed.
On that note, they didn't kill any of your minions either.

>>35461342
>They also saved our ass.
As far as you know, they haven't saved you at all.

>>35461311
>How long are voting periods?
10-15 minutes, I'll call it here.

>>35460994
>>Don't speak, make a break for it

>>35461342
>They also saved our ass. And they only killed our minions.
tranquilized our minions, they are all alive

>>35461272
so our character, as a british/russian, is 150% evil herself and has every reason to go along with this british/russian woman.

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>>35461325
EXALT gotta look stylish.

>>35461407
I thought we were Sino-Russian and living in England?

>>35461427
You're Chinese/Russian and currently living in England.
That's going to be expanded upon more later, when you get someone to give you a dossier on yourself.

>>35461415
EXALT a fucking shit

>>35461427
I don't even know if we're a guy or grill shit was confusing in the first thread

Rolled 1 (1d2)

And rolling to see which action we take.

Due to the closeness of >>35461398 and my post >>35461403, I've decided to exclude it from the vote this time.

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>>35461502
Fucking this
>inb4 everyone wants to be a loli grill

I know it's a 60/40 male/female split in quests, but it feels like every fucking time.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>35461522
I should probably include which is which when doing that.

1: Escape
2: Agree

Oh and, >>35461338 Good job about remembering that little thing I put in the OP post.
>Her other hand at her waist, her positioning concealing the pistol on her hip, tranquilizer darts. A vision fills your mind of her drawing it before you even have time to scream, and placing one of them in your neck, no, your chest?

>>35461522
Hmmh, I don't like it. wish I'd rocked up sooner. I'd have voted to throw some brick dust in her face, then run, myself. Yell for help and push it psychically.

>>35461573
I think we were a fairly petit, but definitely 16-year-old girl. Reasonably fit, but not particularly athletic.

>>35461573
No pls

Just a dude pls

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>>35461597
You rolled a 1 first! Don't you pussy out on us now!

>>35461597
>Good job about remembering that little thing I put in the OP post.
he isn't the only one.

>>35461666
>>35461680
too bad you lose. we don't get to be retarded today

>>35461597
2

Good. We're agreeing.

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>>35461723
He rolled a one first.

>>35461342
>our mom is Balalika.
Stop pushing this idea, it's stupid mary sue shit.

>>35461041 >>35461053 >>35461062 >>35461121 >>35461146 >>35461262 >>35461283 >>35461290 >>35461311 >>35461358 >>35461398 >>35461404
Indecision clouded your mind. They had attacked your min- friends. Friends, they were your friends, not minions. They had attacked your friends, but they didn't attack you. She had called you an asset in the conversation, and her mysterious employer wasn't exactly making you feel very comfortable. But, on the other hand, if they had wanted to kidnap you, they could have done so twenty times over by now, even if you tried running she could pump you full of tranquilizer. Thoughts flooded your mind about the possibilities, too much to handle in such a small amount of time.

The sound of one of the large men's fancy shoes against the pavement, as he turned the corner of the building to look out broke you out of your thinking. Disregarding thoughts of evil Russians and British people, you nod to her. You could see her body visibly relax as you agree to go with her.

Her gloves fingers point to the east, motioning for her comrades to move with her, you begin to walk with them. However, after a few seconds the sound of a gunshot rings through the air, followed by a dull thud. One of them men who had been covering you was on the floor, a large hole straight through the back of his head, the front of his face an explosion of gore, disfigured beyond belief.

Your feet were rooted to the spot. You couldn't move. Fear gripped you unlike ever before. Something felt missing near you. The world seemed to filled with strange white noise, you didn't even feel it as the woman scooped you off of the ground, carrying you like a Princess as she began to run into a nearby building. The other man staying behind the door, setting up his huge machine gun.

You curl up in her presence, a hole inside you as large as his. Your breathing shaky, unreliable. You could feel something else nearby, it slung from the sky, around the trees, it's presence strange.

1/2

>>35462144
It felt cold and sleek, efficient but....Alien. The woman, panting, almost out of breath, placed you down on the ground, speaking quickly "The helicopter should be arriving soon, it seems they have not followed us, something we should be thankful for."

But, despite that, you felt uneasy. Whatever IT was, it was hovering right above her. Your eyes deceived you, for you could only see air above her blond hair. Swallowing the built up saliva in your mouth you...

>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her
>Push her down, maybe whatever it is will assault you instead.
>Don't do anything, this could be your chance!
>Write in

>>35462282
>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her

>>35462282
>>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her

>>35462282
>"Get down nigga"

>>35462282
>>Don't do anything, this could be your chance!

>>35462282
>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her

>>35462282
We've never handled a gun in our life. This is not the time to start. That said, alien badness probably means nothing good for us...

Dammit.
>Push her down, maybe whatever it is will assault you instead.
I hate being a nice guy sometimes.

>>35462282
we probably can't control her
but we should be able to at least communicate with her telepathically.
try to link with her to show her the thing through our senses.

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>>35462144
>Anons not being able to agree
>Reflected in the update

I like this QM. He has style.

>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her

>>35462282
>Push her down, maybe whatever it is will assault you instead.

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>>35462389
River Tam never held a gun before you know.

>>35462282
>>Take action, she had a gun in her boot, you should use it on whatever it was above her

So either a detachment from the XCOM cleanup crew is engaging us, or there are some aliens left in the area. Either way, best get to shooting!

>>35462282
>Don't do anything, this could be your chance!

Guys I don't want to be an EXALT scrub pls

>>35462486
Yeah, but she'd had all kinds of bad stuff done to her brain meats to make her a psychic waif-fu ninja assassin. We're a high school student.

Now if we had a junkyard, a couple of alien weapon fragments and about 8 hours to work with, that'd be another matter.

>>35462537
Trust me, Anon, I don't want to be, either. But right now, if that thing's an extraterrestrial, we're in as much trouble as the EXALT girl.

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>>35462522
I wonder what could be invisible, can fly, and is in XCOM.

>>35462537
Again, you can change your faction in this quest, merely going along with this will not solidify your faction at all.

>>35462426
>>35462419
>>35462414
>>35462389
>>35462371
>>35462359
>>35462353
>>35462350
>>35462327
Time to learn how to shoot it seems.

>>35462562
I'm pretty sure she picked up things intuitively, cited by her brother, when he called himself an idiot child in comparison to her intelligence.
The whole Alliance shtick was more to do with controlling her, rather than to enhance her.

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>>35462537

>doesn't want to wear swank clothing in comparison to everyone else being tacticool to shit
>doesn't want to develop laser weaponry without the utilization of alien technology
>doesn't want to develop genetic modifications without using miracle alien nano-paste

It's almost like you want the aliens to win

>>35462629

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

>>35462282
>>35462282
>"Something followed us, it's right above you!" and point.

Trying to steal her gun, even with good intentions, sounds like a tremendously bad idea... she would probably interpret it as a hostile action.

Also, >>35462414
I don't know if we want to be giving away the fact we're psionic yet to these people. They probably already know given they claimed people were searching for us specifically and only took out the people we were controlling, but...

>>35462680
That's some mighty fine implications you got going on there friend especially that part about EXALT being able to do all of that without looking into Alien the themselves

>>35462854
ya not understanding wtf he is talking about

>>35462629
I don't want to take the cake. I don't want to even look at it. To eat it would kill me spiritually and emotionally. I just want to blow the cake and everything it stands for up

>>35462978
>take

Whoops should be taste

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You knew exactly what you had to do, and how to do it. Grabbing your new friend by the hand, you pull her towards the ground, shock crossed her face as she was sent hurtling towards the ground. The strange being appearing almost out of nowhere, it's tendrils attempting to grab what was no longer there.

Your hand slid down her toned leg, the cold metal pressing against your fingers, you pulled up the pistol, your other hand quickly switching the safety off as you slammed it into the little green marker it's strange alien maw. The trigger was pulled, even before you knew it. The bullet passing through, into it's insides.

Almost instinctively, you grab the woman on the floor, pulling her behind a nearby tree as the strange monster whirs in the air, some sort of green fluid, no, gas, began to spurt out of the two holes you made in the robot. You could feel something welling up inside it, it's propulsion system whirring as it began to take flight. Ducking behind the tree, you pressed your back up against it.

The woman was starting to get up, but you pressed her back down with your foot. Just in time, as the strange machine which searched for you vanished in a flare of green light and shrapnel. The surrounding area lit up with the strange unnatural light, the nearby trees, including yours, being shredded by the shrapnel.

The sound of metal on metal hit your ears, after the sound of the explosion faded away. That would be it's body falling upon the ground. Taking a step forwards out of cover to ascertain the situation, those black gloves gripped into your shoulders, pain flaring in them.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Pinning you against the tree, you could feel her desperation, not only through her words, but what were you to answer her with?

>Explain everything, in it's entirety
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there
>Keep silent
>Put a finger to your lips and pretend like there's another one out there
>Write in

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

>>35463195
>Put a finger to your lips and pretend like there's another one out there

If she was holding on to us I'd say shoot her

>>35463195
>Write in
"Saving your blind ass."

>>35463244
If she wasn't I mean

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there
Honesty to the panicking lady who is being nice to us.

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

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>>35463268
Swagonded

>>35463274
Ignore the name, it's from a previous thread.

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

"There was something there... and I had to do something..."

also, seeing as though this should have been both the first time we have discharged a weapon and killed something, I do believe we are in for a bit of a collapse of some kind... possibly due to the adrenalin rush wearing off...

>>35463274
she has been a prick to us the whole time
>>35463195
>Put a finger to your lips and pretend like there's another one out there

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

>>35463195
>>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

I hope that there aren't any more of those bastards out there.

>>35463313
Care to explain the prick part?

>>35463374
>>35463313
Yeah, could you explain that? I didn't think I was writing her as too prick-ish

>>35463195
>>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

>>35463374
she ambushs us and now she is lashing out at us for saving her and she is a member of exalt

>>35463195
>Put a finger to your lips and pretend like there's another one out there
I think it's time we took charge of this little party.

Besides, OOC knowledge tells me those bastards hunt in packs. Fucking hate those things.

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>>35463374
>>35463404
Nigga just don't know how to read.

>>35463268
>>35463293
Thirded.

>>35463426
1. The ambush I somewhat get. She took out the minio-err friends.

2. She wasn't lashing out at us that's shock. She's trying to figure out what the hell is going on. WHAT WAS THAT!? as in what was that alien not FUCK YOU

3. We have no knowledge of Exalt in this universe. So why on earth is that characterizing your decision making process?

>>35463404
You really haven't written her as prickish at all.

>>35463486
If she was wearing an X-com uniform she'd suddenly be a saint.

>>35463195
>Say you just had a feeling that something was there

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>>35463497

>>35463241
>>35463274
>>35463279
>>35463312
>>35463324
>>35463363
>>35463405
>>35463498
Eight for feelings.

>>35463244
>>35463313
>>35463431
Three for pulling a ruse.

>>35463293
>>35463452
>>35463268
Three for that.

Sorry for that little delay, had a trip to my spider infested bathroom

>>35463486
Well I'm glad of that.

>>35463610
Yes I agree you do have some serious issues.

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>>35463662

>>35463610
what

>>35463710
Just ignore it.

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>>35463710
>>35463738

>>35463610
That's one helluva point defense system

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>>35463635
>spider infested bathroom

>>35463848
Op is a chryssalid.

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>>35463848
>

>>35463875
wouldn't surprise me

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>>35463993

"I-I just had a feeling" You start with, you were unsure of what really happened yourself "I just knew it was there, okay?"

She looks at you skeptically for a moment, before a small look of realization hits her. Her lip got bitten into for the second time today, her eyes drifting to the left. They quickly returned, as her hands clasped around your left hand, the one holding the gun "Next time, give me a bit of warning please." you don't see much point in resisting her at the moment, so you let her take the gun from your fingers.

The woman goes back to chatting onto her radio, you could hear a few questions being raised about her squad mates. You stayed beside the tree, without much to do you simply waited. The time passed quickly, your thoughts drifting over what had just happened, how the man had died, how you intuitively drew her pistol and used it without fault.

She turned, a sigh, not a relaxed sigh, one born of irritation and frustration passed through her lips.

"We're going to be here for a little while, so this would be a good time to ask any questions you might have, I'll try to answer them as best as I can." Sitting on the grass in front of you, you follow suite and sit with her.

>Top three questions will be chosen

>Write in (Encouraged)
>Who are you?
>Who do you work for?
>Why me?

>>35463848
Twelve of those bastards, all of them in plain sight. Least I don't have to deal with flies.

>>35464075
>Who do you work for?

>>35464075
>Were those real aliens?

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>>35464075
>"Who do you work for? And don't give me some 'an honest person' type bull, like a name or some shit."

>>35464075
"You got anything to drink?" We're underaged, but I think a bit of alcohol isn't impossible to consider.

"Who do you work for?"

"Why shouldn't I just kill you and find my own way?"

"What's happening?"

"You single?"

Any of these, feel free to cherry pick.

>>35464075
>>Who do you work for?

>>35464075
>The Fuck Was That?
>Why did you shoot my Min-Friends?
>Why me?

>>35464075
>Write in (Encouraged)
"Why did you shoot my friends?"
"You said there were people looking for me. Why?"

>>35464075
>>Who are you?
>"Are you single?"
>>Why did you shoot my Min-Friends?

>>35464075
>Why did you shoot my Minions?
>Why me?

>>35464295
>>35464244
>>35464184
Guys, none of your friends/minions were shot. They were all taken down non-lethally hand-to-hand.

Link to the previous thread if you want to reference it for coming up with questions: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/35348532/

>>35464302
Oh... That... huh.. I thought they were all dead.

>why did you attack my friends?

>>35464075
>"Why are you fighting aliens in business wear?"

>>35464392
Because it makes her look Fabulous.

>>35464302
Sorry, meant to imply tranq'd/incapacitated. Though after looking at the previous thread I see she took one of them down with a knee to the crotch. Ouch.

Oh shiiit. I just beat the fuck out of XCOM on Classic Ironman. Will participate when I catch up reading.

EXALT are fags though.

>>35464529
Exalt I feel we may be able to exert influence. X-com we become scrub number 000033257

>>35464097
>>35464177
>>35464183
>>35464178
Work for

>>35464170
Real aliens

>>35464178
>>35464262
Asking if she's single

>>35464295
>>35464262
>>35464244
Why she attacked our friends

>>35464178
>>35464184
What's happening


Alright, so we're going with

Work for/attacked friends/what's happening, you can ask if she's single in a more comfortable environment

>>35464572
Aside that they're evil fucks who are in it to rule the world, they dress like evil bankers. Style is important.

>>35464572
exert influence if not rising the ranks fast.
I wouldnt mind a sick penthouse safehouse either.

Why be Scrub#0004506 when you can be the Cell leader of continental untied states with your contacts feeding you military hardware.
>Fuck the assassins, Templars all the way

>>35464529
Congrats! Are you going to take on impossible ironman now?

Me, I just uninstalled Long War and intend to finally finish my Impossible run (been putting it off since it's so much fun) and start an I/I game (though if the number of times I've started I/I games after drinking late at night for the feels is any indication, it may be a while before I beat it...)

>>35464675
Why get hung up on it though? From our characters perspective... we know nothing of X-com or Exalt.

We've been "rescued" by exalt at the moment. If they can get us out of here and help us find our parents... that's really all we want right?

If we had seen them gun down civilians or something or if they had killed our friends - Which after reviewing the stuff around on the last thread they did not. I'd be against it.


>>35464736
I just picked up long war and was about to start a game - Any quick tips? Warnings? I went from understanding the game to being horrible confused.

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>>35464736
After 100 hours, I'm done playing it. The ending was satisfying, and picture related finished off the final boss with an 18 damage psi feedback. It was amazing. Nothing else I really want to accomplish at this point unless I plan to get all the achievements (screw that continent one).

I thought about installing the Long War but then I read about it. Nope, nope, nope.

"Who do you work for? Why did you attack my friends? What the hell is happening?" You burst out, questions too long unanswered

"A man named Chun Guo, he's a big conglomerate leader in China, but he's just a front for a larger company, and even then we had to go through several people before that to get to him, I don't have any specific names other than that."

"As for your....friends, they seemed to be protecting you, you were our main objective for this mission, we didn't want to take any chances, especially not with the strange military that opened fire on us before."

"What the hell is happening....." She repeated your question "All I've been told is that aliens exist, they've been on this planet for a little while, watching and observing, suddenly they attacked, all over the world, this was just one of the sites." Sighing, she looked to the left "We've been scavenging some bits and helping out a few people with the problems created, we haven't had much of a goal from Chun Guo aside from to scavenge, until today."

"And that's where you came in, we were given a bit of an information profile on you, then told we had to move as quickly as we can. Only five of us actually managed to get to you, two of us got picked off by those strange military people when we arrived at the scene, scavenging went out of the window, so we found you, and you know the story."

>You have 2 more questions until pick up

>>35464787
>>35464787
Hmm.
1) Hire lots of soldiers.
2) Forget about having enough interceptors in the first few months. Get used to Bradford's voice reprimanding you for not intercepting UFOs.
3) Damage from explosives is HIGHLY variable (I found this really annoying and went in and modded the damage on grenades to be about 1.75x the standard).

I don't want to derail this awesome quest though, so may I recommend >>>/vg/83050004 for more tips?

>>35464959
Haha, nice!

>>35465037
>>You have 2 more questions until pick up

Can't we just skip it?
I want to get to the plot.

>>35465037
>What does Chun Guo want with me?
>Where are you taking me?

>>35465037
>you single?
But no seriously
>what did they say about me?

>>35465133
Sure, anyone who wants to skip it say so, and if it's the majority then we'll skip.

>>35464787
Prepare for a long and painful haul, but it's very worthwhile. Be wary as alien pods spawn randomly on the map and sometimes spawn right in front of you straight out of the LZ , thankfully that's being addressed next LW update. SHIV's are godlike and definitely worth having. Half-cover has been buffed and is now not a death sentence and is more reasonable to park your troops there. Flashbangs are a must. And Definitely play Normal with Cinematic Mode to ease yourself in. It's a cruel mistress but so worth it.

Watching Beaglerush's videos on Long War and XCOM in general is also a good place to learn tactics and strategies as well.

But yeah, the Anon who posted a link to /xcg/ is a good place to go from there!

>>35465037
>"Can I please just go?"

>>35465181
I don't mind.

>>35465037
>skip

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>>35464787

>Long War

PIctures can describe the terror you are subjecting yourself to better than words ever could.

>>35465181
Skipping works, we can find more info later on.

>>35465194
>>35465121
Thanks for the tips I'm sure it won't be so b---

>>35465250
Jesus Christ...

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>>35465194
>>35464787

This. On the smaller maps, pods easily can overlap with each other, resulting in "clown carring", where a single move can cause near every enemy on the map to launch themselves at you simultaneously. You *will* need to fall back from some missions after making just one move away from the LZ.

>>35465037
>Why am I important to you?
>Do you know where my Parents are?

I wonder if Moma Balalika is alive.

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>>35465295

You wanna see what perks a Muton gets?

>>35465037
>>35465148
I second this anon's questions.

>>35465341
I remember one specific time, during the first month I got a light abduction on the fountain map, and all 3 sectoid+drone pods were within 3 squares of each other, so I ended up having to fight off ~8 sectoids and 6 drones with just 6 rookies. It ended poorly.

>>35465433
>>35465351
>>35465201
>>35465160
>>35465148
5 for questioning

>>35465133
>>35465211
>>35465224
>>35465254
4 for skipping

I'll answer one question then get on with the plot, but this is going to be the last update due to exhaustion.

>>35465578
Cool, man. Don't wear yourself out.

>>35465037
"What's with the suits and balaclavas? You guys look like evil corporate goons."

>>35465578
>but this is going to be the last update due to exhaustion.
Dammit, that' s why I wanted to skip.

Alright then, time to wind it down then.

When is the next session?

>>35465578
OK, thanks for running the quest!

"What does Chun Guo want with me?" You ask, unsure of whether you want to hear the answer or not

"Chun Guo stated you had quite a few......talents, your stunt you pulled that totaled a few houses in your neighborhood, not to mention your initial talents. I was skeptical at the time, but after today I'm not sure...." Her eyes drifted upwards, as the sound of chopper blades sliced through the air, filling the area with the almost deafening sound.

"As for where we're going, there's a small base up in London where we can take shelter, we won't be interrupted by alien or man there" She smiled, offering her gloved hand to you. Taking it, she pulls you to your feet. Stumbling a little, catches you by the shoulders "Steady there. I suppose you're not used to this are you?"

You nod, standing up properly. After sitting around for so long, the adrenaline had filtered out of your system. That also meant you were freezing, the cold air getting to you through your school shirt. The air rippling from the helicopter wasn't helping at all, as it slowly descended onto the grass. Taking you by the hand, your new friend leading you into the rapidly emptying hold.

The well equipped soldiers filtered out as you walked up, you didn't care to see how they surveyed the area, exhaustion taking you. After a few minutes, you were sitting next to the woman, who you still hadn't gotten the name of, even after all this time. The hulk of the Seeker was dumped into the hold, as the various men and women began to strap themselves in.

A relatively lithe man, covered in medals stepped out of the cockpit, grabbing the woman next to you impatiently. You could feel the disdain oozing off of his form. Gritting her teeth, she whispered into his ear a few words, beyond your hearing. But it was something to do with you, which you were sure. Taking off her gloves, she took a large coat from the man's shoulders, much to his irritation.

Sitting back down, she

1/2

>>35466311
Draped the coat like a cloak around you both, you didn't realize, but she was wearing just about as much as you. It being October, and deep into the night, it was freezing. With the heat of her body and the coat, combined with your exhaustion, sent you fast to sleep. Your dreams were visited by a figure your minds eye had seen before, a strange being with an ornate helm, it's long lithe body covered with a simple purple robe.

But what were you dreaming of?

>The woman beside you
>About the strange being itself
>Yourself
>The men and women in the tan armor

(This is the vote for next thread)

>>35466420
>>The woman beside you

>>35466420
>The woman beside you

>>35466420
>>The woman beside you

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>>35466420
>>About the strange being itself

>>35466420
>The woman beside you~

>>35466420
>The woman beside you
Waifu quest, ho!

>>35466420
>The men and women in the tan armor

Baby come back! I'll give my all to you!

>>35466420
>The men and women in the tan armor
Rookies screaming and running around as they get mind controlled.

>>35466420
>>About the strange being itself

>>35466420
>>The woman beside you

Oh and thanks again for running Exalted!

>>35466484
This is going to go down as well as a full rookie squad in Newfoundland, on the hardest difficulty, iron man, long war.

>>35466571
Thanks for playing.

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>>35466563
>>35466484
>>35466468
>>35466463
>>35466448
>>35466439
>>
>

>>35466616
What?! It's not like we'll watch her be murdered horribly by aliens.

>>35466439
>>35466448
>>35466463
>>35466468
>>35466484
>>35466563
For Mrs. Exalt

>>35466464
>>35466519
For ethereal brain rape

>>35466487
>>35466496
For XCOM, the people unknown

>>35466672
Well actually....

>>35466616
EX do you know our gender? Cause I still don't

>>35466420
>About the strange being itself

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>>35466690
>Well actually....
Goddamn son.

>>35466730
This

>>35466672
Perfect end to any Exalt operative

>>35466730
Female, black hair, swimmer's build, Russian/Chinese living in England.
Still thinking about a name and other details, which anons are fine to fill in if consensus can be reached

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>>35466800
>swimmer's build
So no tits, flat ass? Sounds good.

Also, what's that twitter again?

>>35466690
>Well actually...

Dirty.

>>35466800
>Female
Oh...

>>35466875
@Alanony
I was thinking more moderate growth of secondary sexual characteristics, but your interpretation is yours, I'm not going to concrete this until we're in front of a mirror
Might put up a few strawpolls on the subject too, if major changes are needed then they can be had, we haven't had anything too gender specific yet after all.

When do you think the session thread will be?

>>35466956
>>35465896
Sorry for ignoring you anon, maybe tomorrow if things go well, but most likely next week. May have a time in the middle of the week, if there is I'll put up a tweet

>>35466996
thanks
do you have a twitter to announce new threads in?

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>>35467031
>>35466934

>>35467031
You're... a little slow. I'll link it for you.

https://twitter.com/Alanony

>>35467097
>You're... a little slow
what is that supposed to mean?
there is no twitter link in this thread.

ctrl f for twitter only finds >>35466875

>>35466616
>>35466639
<3 Thank you, not another waifu quest please.

>>35467123
@Alanony

Look for that.

>>35467137
Love interests are a part of this.
But this is XCOM, and unlike the PC in this quest, she doesn't have special powers, so she's not abstract from the lethality, yet

>>35467123
In the response to that Op states his twitter name.

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>>35466690
+1 for the mind rape please, I'm curious to see how you'll characterize the Ethereals.

>>35467226
Wait... are we the PC unkillable? Do we need to test this?

>>35467268
Vote is probably over by now. I'd suggest trying for next time.

Also.. if he's straight up said that they'll mind rape us... why would you allow that into our head?

>>35467273
were the psychic everyone is trying to kidnap.

>>35467375
Ah okay. But wouldn't they kill us rather than see us go to another group?

Well maybe not the aliens.. they probably figure they can grab us again due to world domination....

But I could see Exalt and X-com fragging us.

>>35467273
No, you're just harder to kill, and no one truly wants to kill you as of yet.

>>35467431
Yeah capture guy covered it... if he hadn't I'd be voting to stick our fingers in the electrical socket... you know... just to check... for science!

what is the exalt? i haven't seen them in x-com enemy unknown and everyone seems to know them

>>35467479
A bunch of fucking assholes that's who

>>35467479
Alien fuckers who are trying to destroy the only thing preventing the Aliens destroying us.

It's actually nice to see them being nice to this one.

>>35467479
They're in the expansion. Basically a privately funded group trying to take on the aliens and acquire tech. Most likely to become a world power and take over after the whole invasion is said and done with.

So essentially X-com... but without nations attached.

>>35467607
so if we play our cards right and take it over from the inside with our social powers, we could end up as empress of humanity?

>>35467518
>>35467593
Well, OP has said multiple time exalt is different this time around

>>35467650
Whatever would be left of it at that point, yes.

What if we were a large man from central anitolia

>>35467650
>>35467682
Empress route is go. All humanity shall know our skill with legos.

>>35467659
They killed Ron "Angel" Peterson the best goddamn Support trooper I ever had the pleasure of commanding.

150+ Kills 15 revives Countless Clutch kills

I'll never forgive them. Never.

Waiting on OP to deliver.

>>35468110
This is not that exalt. I would hope that you destroyed them in your own game. If not you have failed Colonel Peterson.

>>35468256
What? If you mean that last vote re-read the post
- (This is the vote for next thread)

>>35468316
Oh, shit. ABANDON THREAD *jumps out of window*

Someone needs to archive this. I can't because i'm on my phone.

>>35468419
Archived

>>35468316
You can't fool me anon I promised Peterson I'd kill them all

>>35468486
Voted!

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Maaaybe not exactly Xcom themed but thread one's mind control scene was pretty inspirational.

>>35468507
Peterson is dead. You have already failed him commander. Go down to the wall and take another shot.

>>35468989
Nice work!